NOTES
A SHORT description of the Abbeys and Churches mentioned by Margery
Kcmpe is pivcn for those who may be unable to visit them personally. Many are
in ruins, some have disappeared and the remainder are lacking their old stained
glass ^and ornaments; but enough remains for lovers of architectural beauty to
imagine the glory that is gone.
A. MOUNT GRACE PRIORY NEAR NORTHAUERTON. Now a ruin. Before the Reforma-
tion it belonged to the Carthusian monks. The .note on the fly-leaf of the
MS. shews that the book was at one time in their possession, and there are
marginal notes and sketches by them on most of its pages.
B. MNTIEKKY ABBEY. The Augustdnian Priory near Swaffham in Norfolk. It
was founded in the reign of Henry II and is now a ruin.
C. M'NSY ABKBY. A convent near Cambridge, founded by Maiy of Valence
in the reign of Kdward III on the site of the Benedictine cell. The remains
of the chapel are now used as a barn.
D. HAYLES ABBOT. The Cistercian Abbey near Winchcombe, a daughter house
• if Beaulieu in Hampshire, which it closely resembled. It is now a ruin, but
has recently been cleared and kid out so that what is left can be seen and
the ground plan traced. The relic of the Holy Blood was brought from
Oermany to Hayles by Edmund, second Earl of Cornwall.
K. ST. MAfctJARK/rX KING'S LYNN. The parish church. It was built in the thir-
teenth and fourteenth centuries, but in 1741 the spire of the south-west
tower fell in a gale and crushed the roof of the nave. After this the nave
and aisles were entirely rebuilt. The side chapels, which Margery Eempe
refers to a» the Prior's Chapel, the Jesyne and St John's Chapel have
disappeared. The lantern on the roof, through which she saw the sparks
tailing when the Guildhall was on fire, has been removed. The stained
glass has gorus. St. Margaret's was attached to the Benedictine Priory.
K. fcf. NICHOLAS* CHAPE&, KINO'S LTHK. This was one of the two chapels of ease,
described in Chapter 25 as 'annexed' to St. Margaret's Church. The present
chapel is a lovdy piece of Perpendicular architecture built in 1410, with the
tower of the old chapel, built in x 200. The stained glass has gone, as have
the scdilia, the three carved stone canopied seats in the sanctuary, on which
the priest and deacons sat Only a portion of the canopy remains, enough to
recall the beauty' of it. The remainder has been roughly hacked away-
Thfi ten Miserere seats, of carved wood, were removed from the choir ia
1852, and are now in the Victoria and Albert Museum, where they are at
least safe from vandalism* As regards the dispute over the font and other
privileges, two attempts were made to obtain these. The first was in 1378
when John Peyt, a local chaplain, petitioned Pope Urban VI to grant
them, which hfi did, provided they were not inimical to the interests of the
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